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predeˈterminant, a. (n.) rare.
[a. F. prédéterminant adj., or late L. prædēterminānt-em, pres. pple. of prædētermināre to predetermine.]
A. adj. Predetermining, predestinating.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 520, I, as yet, cannot..see any cogent reason, why the said previous concurse may not be termed predeterminant.
†B. n. = predeterminer b. Obs.
1660Pearson No Necess. Reform. Doctr. Ch. Eng. 16 No man thinks a Praedeterminant or a Jansenian to be inclining to an Arminian. |